Friday night when John arrived we fed the fish in his pond and Saturday evening he and Steve did it again. Then John brought out the came poles. Despite the feeding Karen did succeed in pulling in one of his hybrid bluegills but only one. Sunday morning we tried again. John got one bit that was the only one. Not exactly a feeding frenzy but it was fun to wet a line and wait patiently hoping for a bite on the line.
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
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